#nanowrimo

Occasional musings as I wordsmith my way through life, one story at a time

Tessa Floreano

Life, post-NaNoWriMo

Ahhh, my kinda-normal looking desk after 30 days of write-write-writing craziness. But it was good for me. I needed it. I came away...

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Ode to a mentor and thank you NaNoWriMo 2014

Growing up Warnick. That was going to be the title of my mentor's book, but it's not to be. You see, Kyle Warnick passed away in a tragic...

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NaNo desk Week 3

Note the remnants of a NaNo-required Pepsi and a fresh, cool glass of Domaine de Pouy--one to get me through the afternoon, one to get me...

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NaNo desk Week 2

The desk is getting messier and instead of cleaning it, I took time out last Sunday to watch the Seattle Seahawks play against the New...

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NaNoWriMo Live at the Seattle Public Library

If you've ever wondered what it would be like to have dozens, nay, hundreds of people watch you write, wonder no more. Gabriella Frank, a...

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The unofficial Book Lover's Day

It's November 1st and the History Channel seems to have deemed it the unofficial Book Lover's Day. The true National Book Lover's Day was...

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HalloNaNoween

Photo editing courtesy of Google Plus In honor of the great pumpkin goddess, my third NaNoWriMo, and the happy occasion of Samhain, I've...

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Prepping for NaNoWriMo

Less than a week until the next novelling November is upon us (eek!). There's no HalloNaNoWeen at Denny's this year however, I'll still...

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Me, Emily Carr, and NaNoWriMo

Emily Carr, forest lover and Canadian icon, wrote in her journal about the job of a writer: "You yourself are nothing, only a channel for...